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28 Summonses Issued To Trucks At Suffolk Checkpoint: Police

The summonses included violations pertaining to weight, equipment and emissions, police say.

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Suffolk police and other officials handed out 28 summonses to six fuel trucks at a checkpoint in Brentwood, police said.
Suffolk police and other officials handed out 28 summonses to six fuel trucks at a checkpoint in Brentwood, police said. (Suffolk County Police Department)

BRENTWOOD, NY — Six trucks were given 28 summonses at a checkpoint in Brentwood on Friday, by Suffolk police and other county and state officials, authorities said.

The trucks were weighed and inspected between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. at Wicks Road Park and Ride.

Four were found to be overweight, police said.

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Four of the trucks were deemed overweight, police said. (Suffolk County Police Department)

A total of 28 summonses were issued including violations pertaining to weight, equipment and emissions.

The inspection was conducted by the department’s Motor Carrier Safety Section, New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation Police.

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Six trucks were inspected by police and other authorities. (Suffolk County Police Department)

This incident comes two days after 14 fuel trucks were given 39 summonses at a checkpoint in Huntington Station.

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